It has occurred to me that the superhero really only originates in America. That seems to be the only country that has produced this phenomenon.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

It was Kovacs who said "Mother" then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again.

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad.

You can't lift a relationship up if you keep walking over the other person's mistakes.

Flat muscled and honey coloured. Sea secrets in his eyes. A silver raindrop in his ear.

Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long intricate intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.

However vast a man's spiritual resources, he is capable of but one great passion.

What no wife of a writer can ever understand...is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window.

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

The big picture is a nice way to think of things if you have the freedom to.

If my artist life didn't work or if I needed to work in some capacity part-time in something, I knew I'd have a real life skill [become a therapist].

Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great

I think you have to want to be really famous. It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.